Alternatives to Tomboy for all platforms with any license

Evernote

Evernote is a cross-platform, freemium app designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving. The app allows users to create a "note" which can be a piece...
- Tomboy is a short note system that can easily LINK it all together again. I mean it's oh-so true, the following equation: cool x awesome = Evernote says it all, except one thing. Evernote is not a short-note app and that's that! teehee Guest • Nov 2015 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Freemium $ $ $ Mac Windows Web Android iPhone ... Blackberry Windows S Android Tablet Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Kindle Fire Pebble
Cloud sync Works Offline Sync between devices Text formatting ... Export to iCalendar Google Drive integration IFTTT integration MarkDown support Nested Notebooks Works Offline Owncloud integration Sync with Owncloud PDF annotation Tag based Web clipper Add a feature

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Google Keep

Google Keep has several features including color coding notes, inserting images, creating lists, geo-fencing, shareable notes, and search by color.

Free Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS Android Tablet iPad Chrome Android Wear
Share notes Google Chrome extension Sync with Google Calendar Handwriting recognition ... Html parsing Integrated Search Works Offline Real time collaboration Real-Time Synchronization Sync on many devices Voice Notes Add a feature

556 Like
Microsoft OneNote

A digital notebook application that gives people one place to gather notes and information. .

Free Mac Windows Android iPhone Windows S ... Windows Phone iPad Apple Watch Android Wear Kindle Fire
Handwritten Notes Support for styluses Cloud sync Web clipper ... Auto-saving Automatic Tagging Better formatting Data Import and Export Embedded media Handwriting recognition Hierarchical structure IFTTT integration Legacy Firefox Addon Works Offline OneLogin integration PDF OCR Screenshot OCR Search by tags Subtasks Tabbed interface Visual Organization Voice recognition WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

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Simplenote

Made by the company behind WordPress , Simplenote is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas, and more. Your notes stay updated across all your devices.

Free Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Android Tablet iPad Kindle Fire
Cloud sync Protected by Password Search by tags Sync with Simplenote ... Electron based File Versioning Integrated Search MarkDown support Notes synchronisation Rewind the changes Simple markdown sync Sync between devices Tag based Text Based Format Version and Source control Web Access Add a feature

386 Like
Zim

Zim brings the concept of a wiki to your desktop. Store information, link pages and edit with WYSISYG markup or directly typing some lightweight markup syntax and see it...
- Zim has all features of tomboy and so much more. It's a great program! chavellas • Apr 2016 • 2 agrees and 1 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
File Versioning Sync with Dropbox Git integration Hierarchical structure ... Lightweight Nested Notes Plain text file Portable Save as txt Text formatting Wiki-like interface WYSIWYG Support Add a feature

353 Like
CherryTree

A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single xml or sqlite file.

Free Open Source Windows Linux PortableApps.com
Hierarchical structure Infinite hierarchical depth Data portability Integrated Search ... Multiple languages Password encryption Portable Export to PDF Syntax Highlighting Tablet support Add a feature

162 Like
TiddlyWiki

TiddlyWiki is a highly customizable notewiki for capturing, organising and sharing complex information.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web BSD ... Self-Hosted Xfce
Encrypted Notes MarkDown support Multiple languages Password encryption ... Portable Standalone Support for NodeJS Wiki-like interface Add a feature

163 Like
Turtl

Turtl is a private place to keep your notes, research, passwords, bookmarks, dream logs, photos, documents and anything else you want kept safe. Turtl's easy tagging...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android Self-Hosted ... Chrome Firefox
Encrypted Notes End-to-end encryption MarkDown support Android Sync ... Client side encryption Data portability Password encryption Privacy Protection Real time collaboration Sync between devices Sync on many devices Add a feature

96 Like
Joplin

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet Chrome Firefox
End-to-end encryption MarkDown support Built-in Terminal Google Chrome extension ... Cloud sync E2e encryption Embedded media Encrypted Notes Evernote import Firefox extension Full text search Nextcloud integration Works Offline Protected by Password Periodic reminders Sync with OneDrive Syntax Highlighting To-Do management Add a feature

45 Like
MediaWiki

MediaWiki is a free software wiki package written in PHP, originally for use on Wikipedia. It is now used by several other projects of the non-profit Wikimedia...

Free Open Source Self-Hosted PHP
No features added Add a feature

113 Like
Notezilla

Colorful & powerful sticky notes app for Windows & Phones. Set reminder alarms, attach them to any website or document, organize them using folders/tags, sync...

Commercial Windows Web Android iPhone Android Tablet ... iPad
Android Sync Auto-saving Clean design Cloud sync ... Compatible with touchscreen Drag n drop Encrypted Notes Goal Tracking Hierarchical structure Sync with iCloud iPhone/iPod sync Kanban boards Support for Keyboard Shortcuts Lightweight List management Works Offline Optimized for Windows Password encryption Protected by Password Periodic reminders Photo notes Real time collaboration Recurring tasks Search by tags Share notes Skinnable Sync across Devices Sync between devices Sync on many devices Sits in the System Tray Tag based Task assignments Text formatting Timer for tasks Add a feature

390 Like
wikidPad

wikidPad is a Wiki-like notebook for storing your thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else you can think of to write down. What makes wikidPad different...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Cross Linking Wiki-like interface Add a feature

154 Like
CintaNotes

CintaNotes is an ultra-ergonomic, productivity-boosting notetaking app for Windows. It will help you collect, organize, and find any information.

Freemium Windows PortableApps.com
Hierarchical tagging Portable Sync with Simplenote Add a feature

204 Like
RedNotebook

RedNotebook is a graphical diary and journal helping you keep track of notes and thoughts. It includes a calendar navigation, customizable templates, export...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux PortableApps.com Xfce
Auto-saving Add a feature

99 Like
Org mode

Org mode is for keeping notes, maintaining TODO lists, planning projects, and authoring documents with a fast and effective plain-text system.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Customizable Command line interface Emacs integration Export to HTML ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Hierarchical structure Hierarchical tagging Infinite hierarchical depth Lightweight Plain text file Portable Privacy focused Search by tags Tag based Add a feature

67 Like

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about Tomboy · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful 3 Helpful Report as spam

Tomboy isn't a credible alternative to Evernote because it doesn't offer tagging. Tagging was considered by Tomboy developers a few years ago, and then rejected in favour of notebooks. With tags, Tomboy would be my favourite app. Without tags, it's difficult to organise notes. Notebooks are not nearly as useful as tags.

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about Tomboy · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Recently got Tomboy when I installed Ubuntu on an old laptop. Really impressed as a quick syncing notation system. Works cross platform, and best of all FREE! Just missing a smartphone app, and it'd be perfect.

Comment by joch

about Tomboy · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Tomboy was one of the most missed applications when I moved from Linux to Mac. It's good to see that it is now available to both Mac and Windows!

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Evernote

Google Keep

Microsoft OneNote

Simplenote

Zim

CherryTree

TiddlyWiki

Turtl

Joplin

MediaWiki

Notezilla

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